Information on the inapplicability of the temporary enhanced California’s Federal Medi-Cal Assistance Percentage (FMAP) (under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) for administrative expenses. As part of ARRA, a temporary increase to FMAP was enacted for Medicaid covered services. The enhanced FMAP does not apply to administrative costs. See if you can find the creative math in the letter.[Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-61-09: Information on COLAs for Foods Stamps Allotments and Deductions (8/31/09)
No COLA to food stamps (since the ARRA put the allotments over the COLA amount). Homeless shelter deduction, SUA and telephone deductions remain unchanged, but the new rates for the standard and the LUA deduction are listed. [Download]
ACL 09-37: Instructions For Termination Of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Enrolled In the Program Of All-Inclusive Care For The Elderly (PACE) (9/3/09)
Information on how to avoid duplication of IHSS services authorized by the county and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program. It lists a process for terminating IHSS for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who enroll in PACE. (PACE is an all-inclusive program, designed to coordinate and provide necessary preventive, primary, acute, long term care, social and rehabilitative services through one comprehensive program. It is only in 5 counties. There are no limits on the amount or duration of services.) Download]
ACIN I-59-09: CAPI Payment Standards Effective 11/1/09 (8/21/09)
To parallel the recent cuts in SSI, this letter announces the CAPI cuts. Rates and how to coordinate SSI/CAPI couple payments included. [Download]
ACL 09-31: Safety And Risk Assessments (8/17/09)
in 2007, the state funded implementation of a Standardized Safety Assessment tool in all 58 counties. (This was to address an indentified problem of lack of consistent safety, risk and needs assessments to child welfare cases.) This letter is the reminder to and guidance how to use the tool and to clarify the requirement for written assessments throughout the life of a child welfare case. [Download]
ACIN I-54-09: Food Stamp Q&As (8/18/09)
A potpourri of questions, including collection of UI’s against excluded household members (ok, but not if excluded because of SSI); not being allowed to do a tax intercept when the FS allotment is being reduced to collect OIs; noncitizens immediately eligible for FS without a waiting period; treatment of Foster Care transitional housing funds; exclusion and budgeting of Vet’s education income, replacement and separate household status, and more. Further notes that eligibility for expedited FS is based on prospective income – if that income is less than need for rent/utilities, the person is eligible for ES-FS – averaged income is only used to determine amount of benefits. [Download]